KONY 2012

Viani · 2012-03-07 16:08:24

BECAUSE EVERYONE WATCHING A SKRILLEX VIDEO THINKS CHILD SOLDIERS IN AFRICA IS RELEVANT TO BASSDROPS.

Tre · 2012-03-07 16:11:52

Kony PlayStation 3

Viani · 2012-03-07 16:14:18

inb4 PONY 2012

KONY 2012

SUPPORT KONY 2012 BECAUSE YOU LIKE SKRILLEX

and justin bieber

Misery · 2012-03-07 16:15:10

Kony island?

Tre · 2012-03-07 16:15:19

My Little Kony: Dictatorship is Evulz

Viani · 2012-03-07 16:15:29

KONY, YOU NEED ADDITIONAL PYLONS FOR THESE CHILD SOLDIERS

Tre · 2012-03-07 16:18:28

I'm goin' to Hell when I die...

Viani · 2012-03-07 16:24:26

The best part of hell, mind you. Unlike the area of hell where you learn where BALUT comes from.

Unknown · 2012-03-07 17:19:50

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Viani · 2012-03-07 17:46:09

that's boiled alive and eaten.

Unknown · 2012-03-07 17:57:41

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Viani · 2012-03-07 18:00:11

I wonder how it feels to die like that. Being unfamiliar with the sensation of being boiled alive, nerves still fresh and unaccustomed to pain. I never knew the duck embryo, but I just wonder.

Unknown · 2012-03-07 18:39:52

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Gelzo · 2012-03-08 04:36:46

Kony should Kony Kony.

Oh, posted this on Facebook; think you guys deserve it:

"Until recently, I wasn't aware that there were any rebel leaders that had a name that sounds like the name of both an island and a radio station.

I did some browsing on Wikipedia, and the first other guy I could find that fits that description is Hereward the Wake."

Viani · 2012-03-08 05:38:43

It bugs me that this phenomenon popped up on Skrillex videos and YTP comment boxes. Rather annoying.

Mr_W · 2012-03-16 20:07:57

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/jason-russell-san-diego-invisible-children-kony-2012-142970255.html

Jason Russell, the Founder of Invisible Children and the director of Kony 2012, was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars AND possibly under the influence. He was put into a mental hospital.

Yeah, this is probably gonna really hurt the campaign, if not kill it for good.

Ombre_Morbide · 2012-03-16 20:19:06

Found masturbating in public, you say?

Mr_W · 2012-03-16 22:17:56

What would the future of the campaign hold after this?

Gelzo · 2012-03-16 22:23:23

I really wish awareness of human suffering wasn't treated like a fad.

Justice4243 · 2012-03-17 00:35:24

As we half-jokingly discussed in the main thread, "Invisible Children" probably isn't the greatest charitable organization to be supporting, anyhow.

On the other hand, if they can survive being run shittily (in terms of money actually making it to those the movement is intended to support) , this might not do much.

Mr_W · 2012-03-17 16:52:11

Charlie Brooker basically shows how questionable Invisible Children really is.

Justice4243 · 2012-03-17 16:59:35

I think the most damning thing about that video was pointing out that "Invisible Children" isn't about helping children so much as it's about "raising awareness".

Gelzo · 2012-03-17 17:21:15

Raising awareness is the most useless thing. As if people don't already know that there are places in the world that are shitty.

Justice4243 · 2012-03-17 17:38:35

But..but..if they raise awareness then people might decide to DO something..like giving them more money so they can raise MORE awareness.

Icalasari · 2012-03-17 17:39:50

Boney/Cony/Kony/Pony/Phony/Sony/Tony 2012

DickGrabrod · 2012-03-17 19:47:37

Kony 2012: Where the Internet becomes its own parody.

KJI · 2012-03-17 21:43:45

Save KONY

Justice4243 · 2012-03-17 21:45:04

^^ *gasp* You Orwellian editor, you! :P

Viani · 2012-03-18 05:33:56

Either way I am adamantly against any charities for helping starving children in Africa, only out of hype aversion and because I gain cool points amongst the nerd metacommunity for doing so.

Not only that, pseudoapathy. I know it exists, pay my attention to it, but no amount of worthwhile attention.

One-Winged Eagle · 2012-03-18 07:41:47

I heard Kony's on the run anyhow.

Gelzo · 2012-03-18 11:05:57

^^...Where exactly do you get cool points for opposition to aid to starving communities?

Tre · 2012-03-18 11:18:36

The main thing that pisses me off about people supporting said charities is the fact that they throw it in your face.

I mean, I know there are starving children in Africa and I do want to help, but it's when people go "BLUH BLUH YOU EAT FOOD EVERY DAY AND THEY DON'T SO GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY BIPCH" that irritates me.

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Ombre_Morbide · 2012-03-18 14:43:50

'Cuz we haven't discovered that Pluto's largest moon is really a giant spaceship teleporter yet, that's why.

Viani · 2012-03-18 19:25:37

^^...Where exactly do you get cool points for opposition to aid to starving communities?

Something Awful, GameFAQs, Google, Facebook, Tumblr, ED, SAChan, SWFChan, TV Tropes, 7chan, 4chan, Metapedia, Youtube, Demonoid, BakaBT, Soujin, Crunchyroll, EquestriaDaily, DeviantArt, ArtBistro, Real.fm, and generally every single internet site I've visited, and the high majority of many online games I play with people on.

The amount of irrational sick-minded sharp-tongued pricks outnumber the amount of people who legitimately care about extremely hyped world issues when facing a popular news topic while on the internet, laddie.

Plus everyone is supposed to care about unfortunate countries, which is why cool points are awarded when you don't. Eventually when you get enough cool points, you win notoriety, popularity and indifferessence.

Plus it's a great way to break the ice.

">First World Problems"

">First World Problems always win the best trophies for being in FIRST PLACE"

"-highfives-"

"So what kind of music do you listen to?"

Obā-san · 2012-03-18 19:42:43

Oh, so you mean on the internet.

Protip: In order to earn cool points, you have to impress cool people. So you ain't gonna be earning any cool points online.

Mr_W · 2012-03-18 20:17:56

Doesn't Something Awful routinely donate to charities?

Obā-san · 2012-03-18 20:26:51

Yeah.

Tachyon · 2012-03-18 23:24:27

>I heard Kony's on the run anyhow.

He has been for years, which is partly why Ugandans were less than impressed with the video.

Of course, it's not like the LRA just stopped abducting kids or murdering people after fleeing Uganda, but nobody seems to consider the opinions of people in South Sudan, the Central African Republic or the DR Congo.

Tre · 2012-03-19 15:33:49

Okay, I'll stop with the glitter text after this.

Tre · 2012-04-20 09:44:41

so, it's 4/20

is this issue relevant again

no, no it is not

Evergreen · 2012-04-22 12:16:37

Oh hey now I can take advantage of my last post not being here to doublepost!

The cover of the recently-released issue of Gravity, my school's once-a-semester humor magazine, was a parody of a Kony 2012 poster that read "Boloney 2012". Aside from the fact that I've only ever seen the lunchmeat in question spelled as "baloney" or the original "bologna", it was still kind of funny. Especially when I ventured out to the library yesterday, April 21, and found...

...well I thought it was Kony 2012 everywhere. Like, posters. Then I just realized someone had ripped off a bunch of Gravity covers and taped them to everything. I later found out from an acquaintance on staff that it was the magazine staff who did it.

And not a single authentic Kony 2012 anything was to be found! I knew it wouldn't work!

Tre · 2012-04-22 12:18:19

Haha, wow.

PlutoniumFist · 2012-04-22 12:18:59

I saw one Kony 2012 poster on a fire hydrant.

Evergreen · 2012-04-22 12:24:00

The central graphic on the "Baloney 2012" cover shows that combined-elephant-and-donkey logo thingy from the real Kony 2012 posters basically falling into a meat grinder.

Also, in every issue, the staff listing includes amusing things stuck in the middle of the people's names in quotes, like a nickname. Among some of them this time were "My Little Pony 2012" (person in question is not necessarily a fan though), "Zamboni 2012", and "Forever Aloney 2012".

Mr_W · 2012-04-23 19:56:46

Cover The Night was quite an unmitigated failure.

As for me, I only saw the posters in school, and it was met with either indifference or mockery. I even took the time to vandalize a poster to say "Phony 2012," or in a more petty move, rip them off the walls as I passed by. Nobody took issue with it.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-04-23 19:59:54

Dictators who enslave children = hilarious, apparently.

PlutoniumFist · 2012-04-23 20:04:31

Not a dictator.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-04-23 20:07:58

okay

warlord

sorry.

Boney · 2012-04-23 20:14:55

@W

That's a horrible thing to do.

Mr_W · 2012-04-23 20:48:34

I think the problem lies with the organization, not Kony himself.

KONY 2012

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I did some browsing on Wikipedia, and the first other guy I could find that fits that description is Hereward the Wake."

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